BIRTH PLACE: Born in Portsmouth, OH, near where Tecumseh ruled!

CURRENT ADDRESS: I live in Gallipolis, OH, near where Mothman was seen back in the 60s!

INFLUENCES: So many...all my Downhill Billy bros and sisses! Blender, Lucero, Peters, Cabbage, Edwards (the whole Gravity Team, for that matter), The Washington DC Crew, and I'm sure I'm leaving way too many out!

FAVORITE SPOTS: Statesville, NC, Racoon Creek, Athens, OH, Lexington, KY, anywhere I can "get my stoke on"

EDUCATION: BA in English- Berea College, M.Ed. in Multiple Intelligences- University of Rio Grande- (TBA Summer '06)

OCCUPATION: English teacher, sometimes I write and take pictures too

HOOK-UPS: Gravity Friends Team, Headblade Street Team, Downhill Billies (Charter Member)

TV / MAG / MOVIES: V- animated stuff (King of the Hill, Simpsons, Family Guy), Mags- "Concrete Wave," "Alarm" Movies- Tarentino flicks, "House of 1000 Corpses," "Sin City"

FAVORITE TRICK: Not falling and hurting myself

YEARS SKATING: 20-ish